The Winston-Salem Symphony will present “The World Beloved” on demand for 30 days beginning Thursday, April 24, 2021 at 6:30pm CT | 7:30 p.m. ET Bluegrass stars Hank, Pattie & The Current join the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus to lend energetic bluegrass rhythms to the sacred liturgy in Carol Barnett’s (a charter member of ACF) The World […]
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 6pm CT | 7pm ET FREE concert streamed on Facebook & YouTube Young musicians from Kaufman Music Center premiere works by the 2020-21 Luna Composition Lab Fellows: Vera Gjaja, Alisha Heng, Jordan Millar, Zola Saadi-Klein, Azalea Twining and Marina Zurita McKinnon. A national mentorship program founded by […]
On Tuesday, April 27 at 8:30pm CT | 7:30pm MT, the CMU Wind Symphony will present its final concert of the season in the Moss Performing Arts Center Robinson Theatre. It will also be the last time director Calvin Hofer will lead the ensemble. He is retiring from his position as Director of Bands for […]
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 9:06am | 10:06 am ET Performance as Process events are streamed on Kaufman Music Center’s Facebook page. 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence Conrad Tao is a pianist, composer, Avery Fisher Career Grant winner and alumnus of Special Music School. A series of eight FREE monthly digital Performance […]
Free event, registration highly encouraged. Registrants will receive links to listen to the featured works in advance of the event. Join on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 4pm CT | 5pm ET for a new Composer to Composer Talk with Tania León (a BandQuest composer) and Angélica Negrón (a friend of ACF) about León's work Carabalí for orchestra, from […]
A series of eight FREE monthly digital Performance As Process events on Thursday evenings from September through April will invite audiences to Conrad Tao's, 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence, creative practice as he develops programming for his May 6 Ecstatic Music concert in Merkin Hall. Streamed from his home in Manhattan, these events will give the audience a deeper look […]
Date & Time: Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 6pm CT | 7pm ET Virtual performance filmed in Merkin Hall Young musicians from Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music School and Lucy Moses School perform music by Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Joseph Bolougne, Chevalier de Saint-George. Learn more and get tickets here.
Violinist Kristin Lee and pianist Jeremy Jordan join forces for a virtual recital presented by Adelphi University. The program, entitled Americana, showcases a broad spectrum of illustrious composers and the American musical styles which influenced them, as well as their own musical styles which influenced generations of composers to come. This concert will be streamed […]
Spring is in the air, the light of awareness is dawning, change is within reach, growth is on the horizon, and pride lends a bounce to one’s step. Please join Maestro Wes Kenney and the Fort Collins Symphony for an evening of American composers and themes. This streamed virtual concert features two of Aaron Copland’s […]
We already know how influential the experience of playing in a band can be for a kid, college student, or adult. The opportunities to be part of a community, to make music together, and to perform for others have a tremendous impact on each individual. But what about the composer/music creator? What if the piece […]
The arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 was devastating to the performing arts. An urgent call rang loud and clear to artists from all walks of life: adapt and create new models or risk losing livelihoods that took years to build. Gabriela Lena Frank, a composer born with high-moderate/near-profound hearing loss, describes her creative experience and […]
On International Jazz Day 2021, please Wilton Libary's first Hot & Cool jazz concert since their 2019-2020 season was interrupted after the smashing two-set concert of Brubecks Play Brubeck in January 2020! They will broadcast a spectacular concert performed by pianist Taylor Eigsti and recorded in front of a live audience last winter at Millstone […]
“I dream a world where man no other man will scorn, where love will bless the earth and peace its paths adorn.” Centered around the beautiful words of Langston Hughes’ poem imagining a world of justice and equality, VOX presents its second digital concert of the season, I Dream A World. Travel with us through newly […]
Information session regarding 2021 ACF | create Application Process with Billy Lackey, ACF VP of Artist Services. Are you a music creator living in Minnesota of five boroughs ofNew York City seeking funding for a commission? Or are you an ensemble seeking funding to commission a composer who lives in Minnesota of five boroughs of […]
On Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 7pm CT | 8pm ET, the Jupiter Quartet joins forces with the Jasper String Quartet to perform Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat, Op. 20 for Ringwood Friends of Chamber Music. Their recording of the work was released in February 2021 on Marquis Classics and praised by All Music as, “one […]
Due to high demand, Tulsa Opera has announced a second performance of Greenwood Overcomes featuring a program of works by 23 living Black composers performed by eight Black artists to commemorate the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The performances will be Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. CT and Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. CT at […]
The UW-Whitewater Symphonic Wind Ensemble (SWE) is the premiere wind and percussion ensemble on campus. It is open by audition to all qualified students, regardless of major. SWE has distinguished itself internationally, nationally and regionally. Honors include being the first university band from Wisconsin to perform at Carnegie Hall. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble has performed […]
Join the International Contemporary Ensemble for an evening focused on creation, collaboration, and process with Jennifer Curtis, Pauchi Sasaki, Rebekah Heller, and Clifton Joey Guidry III. Including the world premiere of Guidry's "How hot is the sand at 6pm?" performed by Rebekah Heller. Date & Time: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 6pm CT | 7pm […]
The following Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF). Orchestral conductors Marin Alsop & George Manahan provide insight into the conductor-composer relationship, programming new works, and other topics relevant to composers, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Moderated by Derek Bermel The panelists are: Marin Alsop and George Manahan Date & Time: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at […]
Walden Chamber Music Society's May concert presents Walden's Artistic Director and Concert Pianist Jo Boatright who will be joined by Mark Rush, violin, Matt Diekman, viola and Camilla Bonzo on cello. The program will include Intermezzo for violin, viola and ‘cello by Zoltàn Kodàly, Aubade for violin, viola and 'cello by Georges Enescu, Viva by […]
With the continued rise and popularity of crypto-currency, artists are beginning to see the benefits of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for their artwork. On Episode 22 of “DISCOVERY,” we’ll discuss the financial viability of NFTs for artists, and how they’re adding to the value of artists’ work. Guest: Amy Whitaker, writer, artist, researcher and assistant professor, […]
Join Nicky Manlove and Bradford Dumont as they facilitate a roundtable with all of the guests from the Engender series: Abdullah Hall, Bex Bagnato, Erik Peregrine, Jace Kaholokula Saplan, Lindsey Deaton, Logan Bradford, Mari Esabel Valverde, and Michael Bussewitz-Quarm. Date & Time: Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 7 PM CDT Watch on Facebook Live here.
In this finale of the North State Symphony's 20th season, they bring to the spotlight composers and works that have everything from exotic combinations of instruments and orchestral color to unique storylines. The sampling begins with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and her Chamber Symphony, a work whose elaborate melodic writing and rich and varied sonorities explore […]
The creative and collaborative interweaving of classical music with elements of social justice, language, and improvisation has made Jessie Montgomery one of America’s most relevant and sought-after composers. For the second episode of her Close Quarters musical curation, Montgomery is working directly with episode director Isabel Leonard to craft an original work of video art incorporating the composer’s brilliant and eclectic program with cinematic footage of […]
This outdoor, self-guided event is free and family-friendly, but requires reservations as capacity is limited. Further details such as exact location and directions are provided upon registration. Wavelets Creative presents composer JG Everest’s entire four-part Water Suite: Four Seasonal Sound Gardens in a series of free outdoor, self-guided “pop-up” events along West River Parkway in […]
Date & Time: Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 3 PM CT Location: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 201 North State Street, New Ulm, MN, 56073, United States (map) ProMusica Minnesota will present the last New Ulm-based concert of the season. The performance begins with the Piano Trio Hob XV:21, in C Major by Classical composer Joseph Haydn. Next, […]
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 11:30am CT, the Jupiter Quartet will perform a virtual concert presented by Chicago Chamber Music Society. Jupiter will perform George Walker’s “Lyric” for String Quartet; excerpts from Michi Wiancko’s To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores; and Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, “Death and the Maiden.” Michi Wiancko’s […]
ACF Invites you to engage in a discussion of Code-Switching. Quite often used as a survival tactic for BIPOC navigating white spaces, code-switching can be adjusting the way we talk or how we do our hair, or how we dress to fit into the dominant culture. What does it mean and what is its impact? […]
Bang on a Can, BOMB Magazine, and the Jewish Museum present a live conversation featuring composer Steve Reich and painter Amy Sillman, plus performances of two Reich classics: Piano/Video Phase and Electric Counterpoint by the Bang on a Can All-Stars’ David Cossin (percussion) and Mark Stewart (electric guitar). Among the most iconic and well-known composers […]
A Choreographic Work for Viol Quartet and Baroque Harp by Eleonor Sandresky Parthenia Viol Consort and guests discuss the conception, composition and performance of Sandresky’s 2014 work, John Donne Songs Without Words, commissioned by Parthenia with a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. Explore Donne’s poetry, the guiding aesthetic for this […]
The Singers – MCA, Matthew Culloton, conductor, perform the World Premier of Craig Carnahan’s “Ghost Camp” Text by Walt Whitman (1819-1892). The text for this piece dates to Walt Whitman’s experiences during the Civil War as a nurse and is taken from his journals and poetry. James Ramlet, narrator: Ruth Palmer, piano; Heather Barringer, marimba/vibraphone/crotales; […]
The second edition of the much-beloved After Hours program is back, and this time, it is celebrating 11 astounding Latina composers. Russell Thomas, Artist in Residence-turned-host, curated this spectacular special to transport you right to Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba and Peru (without ever leaving your home). Presented in collaboration with Opera San José and filmed […]
Great Falls Symphony announces their 100% FREE concert season this year until May 2021. "All of us at the Great Falls Symphony are fully committed to fulfilling our mission to infuse cultural vibrancy into the Great Falls community through transformative music events and education programs." All live performances will be FREE of charge, but need […]
Composers Concordance presents Tin Pan Allegiances on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 6 PM ET at Michiko Studios in New York City. The concert commemorates and pays tribute to NYC's Tin Pan Alley, where publishers of zillions of popular songs had their offices. Songwriters associated with Tin Pan Alley included George […]
Lull, a sleep temple is an overnight musical work. In this project Mendi + Keith Obadike create a sonic environment for rest. The 8 hour livestream uses field recordings, analog synths, and slow-moving harmonies from pianos, guitars, banjos, bell plates, and elongated melodies to create a field of sound for dreaming. At the center of the work is […]
This program will be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook. Minju Kim, violin; Keith Robinson, cello; Daniel Gilbert, clarinet; Donna Lee, piano Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 11, Ludwig van Beethoven Andante un poco mosso from Trio, Op. 99, Franz Schubert Lucas’s Garden, Amanda Harberg Song Without Words, Libby Larsen Date & Time: Saturday, […]
On Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 3pm CT | 1:00pm PT, the Jupiter Quartet will perform a virtual concert presented by Chamber Music at the Clark at UCLA. The program features Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80; Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s String Quartet in E-flat Major; and Judd Greenstein’s Four on […]
The Boston-based Neave Trio returns – virtually – to the Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society for an online concert, marking the trio’s seventh appearance on the series. The performance was recorded in Pickman Hall at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, where the trio is on faculty. Date & Time: Sunday, May 16, 2021 […]
This Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET, Theatre Communications Group (TCG) will be honoring the Performing Arts Alliance at their 60th Anniversary Gala: Our Stories. Celebrate the theatre field’s legacy and future! You're invited to celebrate this year's honorees: Ricardo Khan and the Performing Arts Alliance. The Gala and […]
Join this event for an uplifting and joyful virtual concert featuring our three Twin Cities based choruses. Take "your special place" for this second virtual concert performance by Giving Voice Chorus! The St. Paul, Minneapolis AM, and Minneapolis PM choruses are each featured singing a favorite song. And all three choruses Join together to sing […]
The following Professional Development Webinar is co-presented by the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF). How does traditional programming change when it’s focused online? Where is classical music headed in the digital age? American Composers Orchestra Artistic Director Derek Bermel moderates a panel of experts, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Panelists: Keith Obadike, maker of music, art, and literature […]
AACM in Conversation with Rudresh Mahanthappa Moderated by Dameun Strange on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 3PM CT Join artist and AACM member Renee Baker and artist Rudresh Mahanthappa's discussion of the work Rudresh has developed for AACM through our ACF l connect program. We'll learn about Rudresh's inspiration for the improvisation-driven piece and the […]
As we have reached out to artists and leaders in our community, we hear a consistent need and desire to connect with one another and support each other in these times. ACF seeks to share our platform to bring our circles together and build relationships, share experiences, and strengthen our work through dialogue and art-making. […]
As we have reached out to artists and leaders in our community, we hear a consistent need and desire to connect with one another and support each other in these times. ACF seeks to share our platform to bring our circles together and build relationships, share experiences, and strengthen our work through dialogue and art-making. […]
Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 3 PM CT | 4 PM EST/UTC-4 (1pm PST | 10pm CET/UTC+2) Viola Yip + Ken Ueno will present an hour-long live telematic multimedia performance. In this new piece for the Look + Listen Festival, they ask: How can we reclaim time from the COVID-19 malaise of non-time? What are […]
Members of the Space Coast Symphony Youth Orchestras will perform side-by-side with their professional SCSO counterparts in an inspiring program that also includes the world premieres of Vero Beach resident Michael Daugherty’s (a BandQuest composer) "Italian Sojourn" and of Thomas Joseph’s "Concerto Dystonia" for horn and orchestra, which chronicles the composer’s own battle with task-specific […]
Inspired by sacred music, this program looks toward a brighter tomorrow after a year filled with uncertainty. Stirring selections from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano compositions and George Walker’s First String Quartet lead the program, along with the world premiere performance of American Indian composer Brent Michael Davids’ (a BandQuest composer) new work for solo flute. We […]
This year's in the COMMUNITY series concert features two works that are fully electronic and audio-visual in concept - a piece by Finnish composer Maija Hynninen, with a new video accompaniment by film artist Olivia Ting, and a newly expanded work by California-based composer Jon Kulpa, who’s developed both the audio and visual aspects of […]
In her new solo performance musical series, soprano and actress Candace Johnson shines a light on the art songs and lives of Black American composers. Much of the African American art song literature is not widely heard, though it has been a part of the classical music canon since the late 19th century. Through song and theatrical […]
DIGITAL PREMIERE! On Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 5 PM CT | 4 PM MT, experience your Symphony musicians performing Mozart’s masterful Flute Quartet No. 1, Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate's (a ChoralQuest composer) Raccoon Talk for Solo Violin, Cherokee and Quapaw composer Louis Ballard’s Ritmo Indio, Francisco Braga’s A Sonorous Dialogue to the Moon, […]
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) continues its series of Composer to Composer Talks, which features major American composers in conversation with each other about their work and leading a creative life. The intergenerational discussions will begin by exploring a single work with one composer interviewing the other. Attendees will gain insight to each work’s genesis, sound, […]
C4 presents their eighth #C4GoesRemote livestream concert: Our Voices. Hear the latest in choral music, performed LIVE by singers across the US! Date & Time: Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 7:30 PM CT | 8:30 PM ET Our program will include the following pieces: Austrian Suite by David See - world premiere My Voice by […]
Album Release: Minneapolis-based Composer / Director JG Everest (a 2019 McKnight Composer Fellow) returns to Grand Marais, MN to present his site-specific “Spring Sound Garden” performance installation at Harbor Park on May 29 & 30 as part of the annual ART ALONG THE LAKE open gallery tour event. This self-guided, spatial “concert you can move […]
Santa Rosa Symphony (SRS) presents a virtual concert experience on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 5 PM CST | 3 PM PST on YouTube. It will be accompanied by excerpts curated by Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong from the Symphony’s 2020-2021 SRS at home concerts. Prior to each piece, Lecce-Chong, joined each time by a different […]
THE ILLUSTRATED PIANIST is an in-person multimedia concert of all new piano works inspired by Ray Bradbury's timeless book The Illustrated Man. In celebration of the American author’s 100th birthday, pianist and composer Nicole Brancato brings together 9 brilliant pianists who double as performers and composers, including Geoffrey Burleson, Anthony de Mare, Kathleen Supové, Jed […]
Ensemble Ipse is pleased to present this streaming concert of recent pieces: Evan Williams – “Cantigas" - Complete NY Premiere Stephanie Griffin - “Four Bonangs” Seong Ae Kim - “Garak” Elizabeth Hoffman - “For Margaret: Bloom Back Brighter” - NY Premiere Philip Schuessler - “Patchwork Vespers” - NY Premiere Date & Time: Sunday, May 30, […]
Virtual Sacred Masterworks is a brand new digital concert release featuring 11 new pre-recorded songs! Access to this production will be available for unlimited on-demand streaming for three months. A balance between familiar and new, Virtual Sacred Masterworks combines the traditions of classical composers, such as Mozart and Brahms, with thrilling works from Black, Indigenous, and People of […]
The Larry McDonough Sextet returns to the Dakota to stream a celebration the birthday of Miles Davis, born on May 26, 1926, in Alton, Illinois. It also is the 61st year since the release and performance of the legendary Miles Davis album Kind of Blue. The Larry McDonough Sextet will perform a set of all […]
"Join us as we celebrate a return to in-person choral singing. This is the first live, in-person performance for the SD Master Chorale in over a year. Moving our program to an outdoor venue creates an opportunity for us to share the joy of live, choral music and introduce music that honors the beautiful, and […]